ACIENT EGIPT MUMMIFICATION BY: Sebastiรกn 4-B 2014
HOW LONG DOES MAKING A MUMMY TAKE ?
Making a mummy takes 70 days. That is a lot of time
CANOPY JARS:
During the mummification process, the internal organs were removed from the body. Before about 1000 B.C., the organs were dried and placed in hollow canopy jars.
WRAPING THE MUMMY: First the head and neck are wrapped with strips of fine linen. Then the fingers and the toes are individually wrapped. The arms and legs are wrapped separately. Between the layers of wrapping, the embalmers place amulets to protect the body in its journey through the underworld.
The underworld The ancient Egyptians believed that before a person could get to the afterlife, they had to pass through the underworld. The underworld was a place full of terrifying monsters and dangerous animals. A person would need magic to successfully overcome these threats.
The ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.